Hammock.



A. T. HALLOGK.

HAMMOCK.

APPLICATION PILEDBEPT. 29, 1911.

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Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

A. T. HAL'LDGK.

HAMMOCK.

ABPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1911.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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' a citizenof the United States of America,

res1d ng. at Two Rivers, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hammocks and more particularly to hammocks comprised mainly of basket work fabric and its object is to provide the same with an improved detachable and adjustable back member, and to provide the device with various new and useful features ashereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective of a device embodyingmy invention; Fig. 2 an end elevaof the samewith parts broken away; Fig. 3 an end elevation of the detachable back and a transverse section of the bottom and bottom frame; Fig. 4: a rear elevation of the device with the end members omitted;

5 a detail showing a portion of one end in elevation; Fig. 6 a detail similar to Fig. 3 with one of the side plates 11 removed and the back adjusted vertically; and Fig. 7 an inverted plan view of one end of the Specification of Letters Patent.

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I HAMMOCK.

Patented 111155320, 1912.

Application filed September 29, 1911. Serial No. 651,951.

mg upward to any convenient support (not shown).

On each suspension rope 8 is secured a hook 9 and on each end frame oppositeeach hook is attached achain 10 to adjustably engage said hook and support the end frame in any preferred position, horizontal, vertical, or inclined as occasion may require.

To detachably secure the post 6 to the frame 1 I provide angle lates 11 extending up opposite each edge of the post and also extending beneath the frame and flanged inward at the bottom. Between these angle plates and parallel with the vertical side of the frame 1 and also spaced apart therefrom by the thickness of the post 6 is a filling block 13 thus forming a rectangular socket between the frame 1 and block 13 at opposite sides of the post and the plates 11 at opposite edges of the same.

Extending beneath the frame is a detachable bar 12 embraced by the horizontal extensions of the plates 11 which is secured to the frame by screws 14 extending through the inwardly projecting flange portions of the plates and the bar 12 and into the bottom frame, the other end of the bar 12 being secured directly to the said frame by similar screws 14.

I thus provide a strong and substantial support for detachably holding the post 2 which may also be detached by removing the screws 14 so that the back 4 may be used or dispensed with-as preferred, and the posts sockets by 35 device with the end frame omitted. can be securely clamped in the Like numbers refer to like parts in all of tightening the bolts extending through the the figures. plates and blocks.

1 represents the bottom frame rectangu- To reinforce the basket work bottom of lar in form and of any convenient dimenthe structure, a series of longitudinally ex- 40 sions. tended strips 15 is provided under this bot- 2 represents end frames pivoted to the retom and preferably of hard wood, and transspective ends of the bottom frame on pivot versely extended strips 16 of like mater al, bolts 3. the ends of all of the strips 15 and 16 being 4 is the back frame pivoted on brackets supported upon cleats 17 secured to the in- 45 5 attached to the upper end of a post 6 ner surface of the frame 1. The basketwork detachably secured to the bottom frame as bottom 18 is thus remforced and sufficiently hereinafter described. strengthened to sustain any ordinary load 7 are joined and folding braces connectthat may be placed thereon. ing the back frame 2 and the posts 6 where- It will be noted that by providing the 50 by the backframe may be adjusted and held hinged end members 2 the device can be in inclined position or permitted to swing made short and when the end members are to a vertical position as illustrated in Figs. turned down 1t 18 long enough to .118 down 3 and 6. upon. and when turned up the devlce forms 8 are suspension ropes attached to the a suitable davenport construction; that the 55 outer ends of the pivot bolts 3 and extendback can be attached to either side or dlspensed with altogether and that the device is simple, strong and not easily got out of order.

What I claim is :---v

1. A, hammock, comprising a bottom. 'frame, postsattached to the bottom frame,

a back frame pivotally connected to the .posts and'braces adjusta'bly connecting the back frame and posts.

2. A hammock, comprising "a' bottomframe, posts detachably attached to the bottom frame, brackets on theposts, a back frame plvo-ted to the brackets andjointed brace rods connecting thebackfra me andposts. I

. 3. A hammock, comprising a bottom frame, bars detachably secured'to the bot tom of said frame, angle plates embracing the bars" and extending upward opposite the bottom frame, aspacing block between each pair of plates, posts inserted between v by the posts.

the plates and also between the block s anti bottom-frame, and 'a-back wholly suppoflzejd,

'7 4-, A hammock, comprising a 5 bottom -frame,'hars detachably secured-to the bottom of said frame, angle plates embracingthe bars and flanged. inward beneath the same,

screws extending through the flang 'es and' bars and into said frame, s a'cing blocks between the plates and space 'apartfrom the" frame, posts inserted betweenthelplates and" 

